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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_METRICSSUMMARIZER_H
+#define ANDROID_METRICSSUMMARIZER_H
+
+#include <utils/threads.h>
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/KeyedVector.h>
+#include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <utils/List.h>
+
+#include <media/IMediaAnalyticsService.h>
+
+
+namespace android {
+
+class MetricsSummarizer
+{
+
+ public:
+
+    MetricsSummarizer(const char *key);
+    virtual ~MetricsSummarizer();
+
+    // show the key
+    const char * getKey();
+
+    // should the record be given to this summarizer
+    bool isMine(MediaAnalyticsItem &item);
+
+    // hand the record to this summarizer
+    void handleRecord(MediaAnalyticsItem *item);
+
+    virtual void mergeRecord(MediaAnalyticsItem &have, MediaAnalyticsItem &incoming);
+
+    // dump the summarized records (for dumpsys)
+    AString dumpSummary(int &slot);
+    AString dumpSummary(int &slot, const char *only);
+
+    void setIgnorables(const char **);
+    const char **getIgnorables();
+
+ protected:
+
+    // various comparators
+    // "do these records have same attributes and values in those attrs"
+    // ditto, but watch for "error" fields
+    bool sameAttributes(MediaAnalyticsItem *summ, MediaAnalyticsItem *single, const char **ignoreables);
+    // attributes + from the same app/userid
+    bool sameAttributesId(MediaAnalyticsItem *summ, MediaAnalyticsItem *single, const char **ignoreables);
+
+    static int PropSorter(const void *a, const void *b);
+    void sortProps(MediaAnalyticsItem *item);
+
+ private:
+    const char *mKey;
+    const char **mIgnorables;
+    List<MediaAnalyticsItem *> *mSummaries;
+
+
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_METRICSSUMMARIZER_H